35 “‘Then I will raise up a faithful priest(A) for Myself. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. I will establish a lasting dynasty for him,(B) and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.(C)

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35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

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Here I am. Bring charges against me before the Lord and His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken?(A) Whom have I wronged or mistreated? From whose hand have I taken a bribe to overlook something?[a][b](B) I will return it to you.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 12:3 LXX reads bribe or a pair of shoes? Testify against me.
  2. 1 Samuel 12:3 Lit bribe and will hide my eyes with it?

Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

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When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab(A) and said, “Certainly the Lord’s anointed one is here before Him.”

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And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord's anointed is before him.

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24 My faithfulness and love will be with him,
and through My name
his horn will be exalted.(A)

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24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

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